Quirkless doesn't mean Helpless
AN- Hey there fellas. I know I wrote a story earlier and a few people followed it but I thought of re-adding it later and during that time got the idea for this one. There are a lot of OCs in this story. The protagonist is qurikless but only officially. He is smart which you will know after reading the story. There is a authors note at the bottom too so read the story and then please read the AN too. Thank you coming here.
Also I don't own BNHA or any of their characters but I do own my Original Characters (OCs).
Chapter 1
There was a quote before the era of quirks, 'Heroes aren't born, they are made.' But when the era of quirks came that quote was discarded with as much importance as dust on the floor. And with it went Thomas Jefferson saying, 'All men are born equal'.
Quirks, a genetic mutation which started with a glowing boy in Xing Xing City and then they spread like wildfire. They vary wildly. Some people have quirks that make them the superheroes of the movies and comics of old era. They can create fire, have telekinetic abilities, can create things on a whim and some have super strength enough to rival gods but some just have trivial quirks, like folding their fingers weirdly or not getting wet at all. But in the end all that matters is that 95% of the population has quirks and even then those 5% mostly only contain elderly people. Children born without any quirks are very rare and mostly are pitied very much for not having quirks. People choose their employees on the basis of quirks and not having a quirk can be used as a basis for not giving a job. Therefore the quirkless are the minorities of the world and are treated as such. Officially there may not be much bias against the quirkless but in reality there is too much of the bias. Children getting bullied or not getting proper opportunities to prosper are amongst the many biases against the quirkless.
All men are not born equal. I, Hoshi Tenshin, have not forgotten anything from when I was 2 days old. I was born in an orphanage in Hosu City. My mother, Mina Tenshin, came to the orphanage pregnant with me in her belly as it is told by the workers there. She was roaming the streets of Hosu without any kind of support and was even tried to be beaten by some thugs who thought that she would be an easy catch and that she had at least some money but she didn't have any so she was beaten by them. No heroes came to her rescue and by the time she reached the orphanage she was really tired. Because of that, unfortunately, she died shortly after giving birth to me. But she did gave me a name, my old name. Hoshi and my fathers surname. I didn't want to have the name of the bastard who abandoned her and me, so I changed my name. Officially when I was 2 years old and took my mother's surname.
By the time I was a month old, I understood and could speak Japanese to the level of a teenager. The orphanage manager, Kuga Mikio, was so surprised that he took me to a doctor to check for quirks. The result, of course, came up negative. I could do the studies of the level of primary school by the time I was a year old.
When I was 1 and a half year old the orphanage shifted to Musutafu City because of some person who gave generous fundings to the orphanage and the quirk tests were still negative. I was happy to be out of the God forsaken place and wanted to know who was that person that gave the fundings. One day that month that person came to the orphanage and everyone was eager to meet him/her but none more so than me. I was positively surprised when I found out that she was just a young girl. I thought that she must be some wealthy person's daughter.
After an hour or so she came to me. There was a comfortable silence for a while before she said with a bright smile enough to compare the sun. "Hello, my name is Yuriko Tanabe. You are that super smart kid, right? I heard a lot about you so whats your name?" I might be only about 2 years old but I still had the mental capacity of a teenager and therefore was really sassy so I answered her with just a little smug smile. " You have heard a lot about me but still don't know my name. Thats weird but I like you so its okay. My name is Tenshin, Hoshi Tenshin."
Colour me impressed when I heard her next words. "A James Bond fan, thats rare. Wait, you like me? Why?" She said, with a smile that didn't make her question. James Bond is nowadays a lost trend so I was definitely impressed by her knowledge. "Well, you did give the funds for the shift," I said,"And you also just told me that you know who James Bond is, so, I like you even more." And it was true I liked her more. I had read a lot of books but James Bond was one of the coolest books without superpowers.
"Heh, so I did manage to make a path to your stone heart, didn't I?"
"I am not stone hearted. Others are just stupid so I don't like them that much but you helped me get out of that hellhole so I like you." I almost shouted as it always has been a touchy subject for me. Every kid around me felt stupid but what could I expect from a bunch of toddlers. And those who are older don't want to stay around me as I am just a 2 year old kid.
"Hey, hey I get it. Don't worry about it I was just joking."
"All right, I am sorry for that burst. I wanted to ask you, why did you donate the money ?"
"Well, its not like I had any problems with money and this year my company had a spectacular profit so I thought I should donate the money. You know I own the Tanabe Corporation."
I was shocked. That was the reason I kept thinking that I had heard the name somewhere. It was a very big company who rose higher in the last few years and was right now in the top 50 in the world. And it was her.
"What? But how? You are so young."
"Really? I am having a meaningful conversation with a 2 year old and you are telling me I am young." She was chuckling when she said that.
"Sorry" I apologised "Its not everyday you find someone like yourself".
We talked for hours telling each other our stories. She felt like a sister to me. We became very close and she started to take me to her house ('it would be better to call it a mansion'). There I met her head butler and caretaker. His name was Alfred Nakamura. I was ecstatic to see a caretaker with the name Alfred and asked him if he knew Batman. He laughed at my antics.
When I was four, we went to quirk clinic to check for my quirk last time. The result, of course, was negative. I didn't think I would feel bad but I was a little sad. Maybe in one corner of heart I always wanted to be a hero and now I can't. But then I remembered that the heroes weren't there to help my mother, and all the sadness went away. Now I can be a businessman, just like Yuriko. Albeit Yuriko is a businesswoman, but close enough. I am now studying university level stuff and am able to do calculations an average adult can't even try to do. And I am most of the time faster than a calculator.
Somedays after that I was playing chess with Yuriko and for your information, I was winning. I always win. All right not always but at least I win about 60% of the matches. It was a comfortable silence which was then broken by Yuriko.
"Do you know that I know that you know that you don't have a quirk?"
"Yes, yes I know that you know that I know that I don't have a quirk and please don't start the I know you know battle. Please don't."
"I wasn't planning too anyway. I wanted to ask that because I haven't seen you playing Heroes and Villains with the kids and you weren't even that much sad about not having a quirk.
Look I know that you don't like those fake heroes and you don't want to be a hero but there are real heroes in the society and those real heroes are helping the people as they can to their best and they will keep doing that till the end.
Every body wants to be a hero when they are kids and you not wanting to be one shows your maturity and thats why I believe that if you do become a hero in the future then you will be a damn good one. And I know that you not having a quirk makes you biased against the kids but please just try to make friends."
"I am not sad about not having a quirk because I never needed it nor wanted it ('that much'). And I do know that there are real heroes around. That knowledge is the only thing that makes me have belief in this society and as for being a hero, I have no interest in it right now. I want to conquer the world of business just like you. And you know that those kids will never accept me and I don't even want to try it."
"All right I won't force you but please consider that. Now on a happier note I have a surprise for you. I know that you consider me your honorary sister. But in few years you will have to remove the honorary." She said that while smiling brightly.
"Wait what the… You are adopting me but aren't you too young?"
"I am adopting you and I am too young. Thats why I said in a couple of years. As you know I am 19 years old. In 2 years I will be 21 which is the legal age for adoption so…. I will be adopting you as a sister. Check." She said smiling while also moving the pieces of board.
"Oh my god, that is a surprise. You won't believe I happy I am right now. I love you so much. Check and mate." I said while smiling sweetly and moving the piece and then I started laughing a little but then I remembered something. "Wait you said that everybody wants to be a hero when they are kids. Did you too want to be a hero?"
"Thats quite a question but yes I wanted to be a hero but then I found my quirk and when you quirk is to electronically charge minor machines, you can't be a hero can you?" She asked rhetorically.
"Anyway I got to know more about my sister. And I will never forget this day but it is not like I can forget it."
"What do you mean you can't forget it?"
"I mean I haven't been able to forget anything from when I was 2 days old. I remember everything and every feeling I felt even though I have to focus on it to remember it and take it out of my memory but I do remember everything. Why?"
"Hoshi, I don't mean to sound rude but what the f*k. Why didn't you tell me this before? You have read thousands of book and still didn't know that this is important. I can't believe you." She shouted at me and scolded me. It was my first time seeing a reaction like that from her. I was sad because of that.
"Sorry sis, I thought that it would be normal I nowadays and there aren't many books on hyperthymesia that I have read, sorry." I said dejectedly.
"Its all right but we are going to a doctor tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay, its not like I am a very busy businessman, am I?" I said cheekily and got ready to run.
"Oh you little rascal, come here." She started running after me and we played like this for a while after she went home and I went to sleep.
Next day, at the clinic
"I can't believe it" Said the doctor with wide eyes "He doesn't have hyperthymesia, no, he has pamnesia. It is kind of an upgraded version of hyperthymesia. He is the first case of pamnesia after quirks started and the weird thing is he also has a hyperactive case of savant syndrome without most of the disadvantages that come with it."
To say that both of us were shocked would be an understatement.
The doctor continued "That might explain the things you are able to do at such a young age. Not many people don't have savant syndrome nowadays and it was rare even before the quirks but to have hyperactive savant syndrome is not something that was thought possible. All of this altogether might be enough to be considered as a quirk."
At this I had a weird reaction. "No, I do not have a quirk and I will not pretend or tell anyone I have a quirk. I do not have a quirk and I will not hide the fact. I will show people that being quirkless does not mean being helpless." I said putting emphasis on all the 'nots'.
"Don't get all worked up, young man. I was just explaing a fact, nothing else." Doctor look annoyed while saying that.
"He is sorry for the burst, aren't you?" Yuriko said while glaring at me.
"Yes, yes I am sorry." I said looking at my feet.
"Don't worry, that can be understood a little. So now the final result is that he is a pamnetic savant who does not have a quirk. I would love to publish these results." The doctor said with a weird kind of smile.
"Actually, I would appreciate if you don't do anything of the kind. I want my brother's safety and privacy and I would give you a gift for that." She said while waving a wad of cash.
"Hmm…. That's a though choice but I respect my client's requests so I won't do anything of the sorts." The doctor said while taking the money.
"Now if it is all done then we would like to take our leave" Yuriko said while getting up and taking my hand in her hand.
We went away and partied a little at her mansion as that was the only thing we knew to do with that knowledge.
It has been 2 years since then and today is Yuriko's birthday. I am currently 6 years old with 2 doctorates and a masters degree. I am waiting in my room looking out of the window to see when the car comes as I haven't seen Yuriko for about 2 months as she said she was really busy in some work and couldn't see me but I knew that she would keep her promise. I see a black limousine stopping at the orphanage doors and start running down the stairs. When I reach the door, I don't see Yuriko but Alfred and a man in black suit that I don't recognise. Alfred looks really sad. He comes to me and starts crying a little and hugs me. I was frightened
"I am so sorry, young master. B- but…" He takes a deep breath. "Mistress Yuriko died this morning."
That news hits me like the international space station had fallen on me.
"Wh… what but thats not possible no no that is not possible. She promised me that she was going to adopt me today. She can't die. She was too young to die." I am crying buckets, the word sad doesn't cut it.
"I am extremely sorry for your loss Mr. Tenshin but we have important matters to talk about including her will." He said indifferent to my feelings.
"Can't you wait, you bas*d, he just got the news. Let him take it in properly." Said Alfred to the man in black suit who I guess is a lawyer.
"No it's okay. If it was her will then I will gladly complete all the necessary paper works." I said feeling and looking (I hope) determined.
"There are 3 things we need to address here. First is that she adopted you yesterday as she was able to find some loophole in the laws. You are officially her brother now. Second is her will, she left you all her properties, including but not limited to the mansion, Tanabe Corp. and her cars, also she left you 75% of her money while the other 25% is to be donated to orphanages around Japan. Third topic at hand is this letter." He said taking out an envelope out of his coat pocket. "This letter was left by her to be given to you and requested to open it in private." He said handing me the letter. "So now according to all her wealth, you currently should own properties and money worth approximately 50 Billion Dollars or about 5.5 Trillion Yen."
I was surprised. I knew she was rich but didn't know she was this rich and knowing that she loved me this much was enough to make cry buckets again, then I focused on the fact that he said 'should own'.
"What do you mean 'should own'?" I asked him.
"Well, that is because you are a minor so you won't be able to access most of it."
"Oh, that's all right." I said looking relieved that the government wasn't taking my sister's money.
"Now gentlemen I have to take my leave. Hope you have a good day." He immediately realised what he said and apologised to us before going out of the door and hailing a cab.
I looked at letter in my hand which was addressed to me by my dear sister. I took Alfred to my room and there I started opening the letter when Alfred interrupted.
"Didn't mistress ask for it to be opened in private?"
"I trust you, Alfred and thus don't have any problems with you here."
He looked a little happier and gestured me to carry on. I opened the letter and started reading it.
"My lovely brother,Hoshi If you reading this then I am really sorry that I wasn't or won't be able to be there at my birthday. I am currently trying to officially adopt you and hope that it worked by then. Now what I am going tell you is classified information and don't let anyone know that I gave you this letter or you know about this. Either burn this or keep it in a protected place. I know you are reading this with Alfred. Of course you are and I wanted you to do it. Tell him I am sorry for not being there and tell him that I want him to take proper care of you. And for the case of my will. I have arranged for you to take a test that can prove that you are able to run a company and can therefore be considered as the sole inheritor of my will. I know you will complete it too easily, after all it is only college level stuff and some EQ tests.
The thing is that I was supposed to be the bait for a big gang who has been doing illegal things for a long time and was supposed to be kidnapped by them so that the heroes know their location and come save me and catch them. But if you are reading this know that they weren't able to save me. I didn't tell you about this because I knew you would forbid me but looks like I still wanted to be a hero didn't I?
I am really sorry for this but know that I don't blame the heroes because they must have tried their best. And you shouldn't blame them too. I know that you would have called them fake heroes but that's where you are wrong as you don't have the jurisdiction to do something like that. I want you to be a hero in your own right and be a hero everyone can look upto. Be the symbol of hope. We already have the symbol of peace, we just need the symbol of hope. And I want you to be it because I know that you want to be it too. Be a real hero for me and know that I will always support you for how can I not support my little brother?"
I was crying by the end of it and when I looked at Alfred he was crying too.
"Alfred will you please be at my side and take care of me." I requested Alfred while bowing.
Alfred lifted me by the shoulders and hugged me.
"Of course, I will young master. I would even if mistress hadn't asked me that. I care for you and mistress like my own children and will keep doing that."
We broke the hug and I looked out of my window to the sky.
"You want me to be a hero then I will be a hero. No I will be the symbol of peace only for you. You will always be my sister and I will always look upto you"
"Master I will take care of the funeral and your test. You should get ready for the real world at hand. I will be with you ,of course."
"Thanks Alfred" I say looking at him before turning back at the window and screamed.
"Get ready world because I am coming out of my shell. Get ready to meet me, Hoshi Tenshin. I am the inheritor of Yuriko Tanabe and I will become the symbol of hope." No one heard me over the traffic except Alfred ,myself and, I hope, my sister."
You are reading my story and my name is Hoshi Tenshin and I am the symbol of hope.
AN- So read it? How you like it? I am not a native english speaker so if there are any mistakes please do tell me. and if you have any questions about the plot which I might have left then feel free to ask me over in a review or private message. I accept criticism and would love to know more about your ideas on the story. Tell me if i am doing any thing wrong okay.
And some of you might have some questions so I am going to explain some of them. He owns 50 billion dollars because he is in the future and inflation is a thing so money increases.